Railway accident Poerwakarta Saturday night, August 21, 1948 at about is in the vicinity of the railway bridge of Daan on the route between Bandoeng and Poerwakarta a freight train derailed by sabotage of a gang. The two locomotives, a passenger car and a boiler car crashed into a 15 meter deep ravine. Five people were killed and seven wounded, including the driver and two stokers. The accident, which happened about five kilometers before Poerwakarta, is due to the fact that the rails had been broken up over a long distance. An overview of the great havoc Date: August 22, 1948 Location:
Railway accident Poerwakarta Saturday night, August 21, 1948 at about is in the vicinity of the railway bridge of Daan on the route between Bandoeng and Poerwakarta a freight train derailed by sabotage of a gang. The two locomotives, a passenger car and a boiler car crashed into a 15 meter deep ravine. Five people were killed and seven wounded, including the driver and two stokers. The accident, which happened about five kilometers before Poerwakarta, is due to the fact that the rails had been broken up over a long distance. An overview of the great havoc Date: August 22, 1948 Location: Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies
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